My site looks different when I enter thru the dashboard vs. a search engine

https://www.gstatic.com/og/_/js/k=og.qtm.en_US.zL_Wy0if734.O/rt=j/m=qgl,q_d,qdid,qmd,qcwid,qmutsd,qbd,qapid,qald/exm=qaaw,qabr,qadd,qaid,qalo,qebr,qein,qhaw,qhbr,qhch,qhga,qhid,qhin,qhlo,qhmn,qhpc,qhpr,qhsf,qhtb,qhtt/d=1/ed=1/rs=AA2YrTtpIvnZH8zjz9L2CvO5rUK4zBRg6A

It seems to me you need to pay someone for support at this point.

OK, that’s probably not relevant to the problem, as it’s javascript being served by Google. Probably related to ads, analytics, or both.

With respect to your initial post, “I prefer the version through the dashboard, but I don’t know what to do to publish THAT version.”, I’m seeing the version you want to publish.

I really think it’s your browser or something in your local environment. Have you tried a different browser?

Just in case it’s something in the site, let’s try this:

This may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins, and use one of the default (Twenty*) themes. If the problem goes away, enable them one by one to identify the source of your troubles.

If you can install plugins, install “Health Check”: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/health-check/ On the troubleshooting tab, you can click the button to disable all plugins and change the theme for JUST you, while you’re still logged in, without affecting normal visitors to your site. You can then use its admin bar menu to turn on/off plugins and themes one at a time. See https://make.www.ads-software.com/support/handbook/appendix/troubleshooting-using-the-health-check/ for more information.

I switched to the Brave browser a couple of months ago, but switched back to Google after I got my new computer a week ago.

I’ll do what you suggested and see what happens. I appreciate your helpful suggestions.

I deactivated all my plugins, switched over to the Twenty Twenty theme and started fooling around with changes and then entered my site through a browser and the changes were made correctly.

BEFORE activating any plugins, I switched back to the Divi Extra theme I was initially using, made one change within the “layout” option, and that change was not made in published mode when i again entered my site through the browser.

Is it safe to assume that this is a Theme problem and I should contact Divi?

It’s a reasonable assumption.

Thank you for all your time, I really had a hard time finding any help with this issue before coming here. I’m learning so much since I began this blogging venture, it’s so nice to have people willing to help out. Thank you!